“There is no question that persons and things exist; the question is how, or in what manner, they exist.”
HHDL
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I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against Lama abuse.
—————Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me. Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you.

“There is no question that persons and things exist; the question is how, or in what manner, they exist.”
HHDL
—————
I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against Lama abuse.
—————Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me. Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you.

Tathatāgatagarbha is just a name for dharmakāya covered with afflictions. As such, it refers to the nature of the mind, that's all. It's doctrine was formulated as a reaction to the idea that the ultimate nature of sentient beings, beings with consciousness, is a blank emptiness. Hence, these sūtras and their commentary, the Uttaratantra, while acknowledging the essence of the mind is emptiness free from all extremes of proliferation, emphasize that the nature of the mind is an unconditioned clarity, just as for example, fire is not merely heat, but also light, for example, water is not just wet, it is also limpid.

Malcolm wrote:The reality is that since the body culture of India and Tibet was only come to us in fragments and dribs and drabs, quite often people overlook the vast literature on physical cultural, health, and illness that exists in these traditions, or because of biomedical prejudice, ignore it.

dharmagoat wrote:I agree with Ivo on a previous thread that a Buddhist forum like this can be very misleading for newcomers, with its myriad of contradictory and conflicting views and the inevitable confrontations that follow.

Buddhism period has a "myriad of contradictory and conflicting views and the inevitable confrontations that follow..." Why would this board be anything other than a reflection of that?

“There is no question that persons and things exist; the question is how, or in what manner, they exist.”
HHDL
—————
I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against Lama abuse.
—————Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me. Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you.

“There is no question that persons and things exist; the question is how, or in what manner, they exist.”
HHDL
—————
I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against Lama abuse.
—————Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me. Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you.

Malcolm wrote: Understanding the distinction between Mahāmudra and Dzogchen is important for those who wish to follow one path versus the other, for whatever their personal reasons may be. For others the distinction may not be important.

Can someone explain the differences between the paths? I understand that the actual state is identical.

Malcolm wrote:
The omniscience of buddha is a deep topic. But at base, it means that buddhas have complete comprehension of whatever they direct their attention towards. It does not mean that they know everything all the time. This was a claim made by the Jains for Mahāthera, and rejected by the Buddha directly.

“There is no question that persons and things exist; the question is how, or in what manner, they exist.”
HHDL
—————
I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against Lama abuse.
—————Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me. Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you.

“There is no question that persons and things exist; the question is how, or in what manner, they exist.”
HHDL
—————
I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against Lama abuse.
—————Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me. Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you.

Mantrik wrote:
I think I read, possibly from you, that 'capacity' is also to do with interest. It would be hard to have interest in something if we did not believe it worthwhile. ChNN would have no students unless people believed it was worth being taught by him. I think a casual remark he made is having far too much read into it. He could just as easily have said discussion is useless.

The context of the remark was one in which ChNN was contrasting "belief" against "direct experience." Hence his statement, "You can believe in anything." Beliefs are just concepts. They shift and change. One day you believe doing this practice is the best, the next day, you believe another is better. One day you believe America is a great place, the next day, you believe it sucks.

But in Dzogchen, beliefs are useless. The only thing that counts is personal experience born out of direct perception.

You are truly astonishing--going to look for yourself when you already are yourself! --Longchen Rabjam

The actions of all sentient beings who are not on a path are afflicted. The actions of sentient beings on the path are also afflicted, though they are likely to be more mindful of afflictions as they arise and thus act with more restraint.

“There is no question that persons and things exist; the question is how, or in what manner, they exist.”
HHDL
—————
I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against Lama abuse.
—————Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me. Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you.

“There is no question that persons and things exist; the question is how, or in what manner, they exist.”
HHDL
—————
I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against Lama abuse.
—————Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me. Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you.

Malcolm wrote:
The most widespread school of Buddhism in ancient India were the Pudgalavadins, who insisted, based on the hinayana sutras. That there was an inexpressible self that was different than the aggregates

“There is no question that persons and things exist; the question is how, or in what manner, they exist.”
HHDL
—————
I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against Lama abuse.
—————Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me. Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you.